Category Archives: Brewfests

More Brewfest News

First, there have been many updates to the Magic City Brewfest website.  The finalized beer list is up, along with a venue map, and information such as the fact that Tier Two “food & beer” tickets are completely sold out.  You can still get beer only tickets at TicketMaster or at the Sloss Museum Store.
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Tips for a Fun and Safe Brewfest Experience

We’ve just added this as a new page to the Brewfest website (under “Tips”) but this is such useful information I think it’s worth highlighting on the blog to make sure more people see it.  Please forward this to everyone you know going to the MCBF as it will make sure everything goes smoothly for [...]

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Magic City Brewfest Updates

First item of note, the Sloss Museum Store is almost sold out of MCBF tix.  If you were planning on buying your tix there, better do it quick and call before you go to make sure they still have some: 205-324-1911.  I don’t have a recent update on where TicketMaster sales stand as our partner [...]

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A few words of thanks

It seems grossly unfair to single out anyone for thanks, as passing our bill was such a huge collaborative effort, but I felt that certain people were deserving of being singled out.
* Birmingham Beverage have been 100% behind us since we were founded. Even in the dark days of the 6% limit, they sought out [...]

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WE PASSED! Now Call/Fax/Email Governor Riley

Just before 3:00pm today, the Alabama Senate passed HB373.  Success.  Vindication.  The blood, sweat, and tears of all of our many supporters paid off.
BUT.  We are at a point where we must have the Governor’s signature for our bill to become law.
We need to do everything we can to encourage the Governor to sign our [...]

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Just Checking In

For anyone who hasn’t figured it out yet, the legislature is meeting Thursday and Friday this week.  The unusual schedule is a product of their desire to avoid pocket vetoes.   In a nutshell, any bill passed in the final five calendar days of the session will not become law if the Governor does not sign [...]

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Rocket City Brewfest!

Don’t forget!  Hunstville’s first ever beer festival is taking place this Friday and Saturday.  It’s going to have a bunch of beers you’ve never tried before, and if you’re anywhere within an hour’s drive or so, you have no business doing anything else this weekend.  Get all the details and buy tickets at RocketCityBrewfest.com.

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Purchase your RCBF tickets today

Online ticket sales are now available for the First Annual Rocket City Brewfest in Huntsville, AL. The brewfest is on the evening of Friday, May 8 and the afternoon of Saturday, May 9. We are using an Alabama-based ticket service called TicketBiscuit that has lower user fees than Ticketmaster.
We’ve also confirmed some of our music [...]

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Rocket City Brewfest

The First Annual Rocket City Brewfest website has been up for a few weeks. Since this is the first year, we have been organizing everything from scratch. We’re very close to having online ticket sales available, and we’re not locked into using Ticketmaster.
Huntsville’s brewfest is before MCBF, on May 8th and 9th. Folks in north [...]

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Magic City Brewfest

The new website is live.
The event will be Friday, June 5th from 7pm to 11pm and Saturday, June 6th from 3pm to 7pm.
I personally am most excited about Good People Brewing Co.’s committment to brew a special, one-off release you’ll only be able to sample at the Brewfest.  In other words, if you miss the [...]

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